Mop-wringer



(No Model.)

H. A. DECHENNE.

MOP WRINGER.

No. 668,895. Patented 061;. 6, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY AUGUST DEOHENNE, OF IVOBURN, ILLINOIS.

l M'o-P-wRiNG ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,895, dated. October6, 1896.

Application led June 27, l 8 96 serial No. 597,213.y (no model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

CHENNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVoburn, in thecounty of Bond and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefull\Iop-\Vringer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mop-wringers, and the object in view is toprovide a simple and efficient device of this character attached to andforming a part of the pail or bucket and comprising spaced rollers, oneof which is divided intermediate its ends to admit of the shank orhandle of the mop being passed laterally between the rollers, thusadapting the mop to bedrawn upwardly through or between the rollers forwringing said mop, thereby obviating the necessity of forcing the mopdownward between the rollers and spilling the dirty water upon thelioor.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the courseof the ensuing description.

The invention' consists in certain novel features and details ofconstruction, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in thedrawings, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective View of a bucketor pail, showing the improved wringer therein. Fig'. 2 is a sectionalviewof the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing one of the springs foractuating the yielding roller. Y

Similar numerals of reference designate oorresponding parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

l designates a pail or bucket, which may be either of wood or metal. Forthe purpose of carrying out the present invention a rollersupportingframe 2 is provided, said frame being arranged within the bucket and ator near the top edge thereof and occupying about one half of the top ofthe bucket, the remaining half of the bucket being left free for theinsertion of the mop.

The frame 2 is preferably constructed of a single piece of strap metal,the central portion of which is secured tothe inside edge of the pail.From this centralportion parallel arms 3 extend toward the diametricalline of the pail, where they are bent in opposite directions andextended so as to reach the inner wall of the pail, to which they aresecurely attached at the points 4. Diagonal braces 5 are interposedbetween the outer ends of the arms 8 and the inner wall of the bucketfor giving the necessary rigidity to the frame 2. The arms 3 areprovided with longitudinal slots 6, and these slots receive slidinglythe opposite ends of the spindle 7 of a wringingroller 8. At each end ofthe roller 8 is arranged a spring 9, one arm of Which connects with thespindle of the roller S and the other end with the frame 2 or otheriixed point. The tension of these springs is exerted to force theyielding roller 8 toward the second roller.

The second roller l0 is -arranged parallel with the roller S, and Aisjournaled near the outer ends of the arms 3. This roller is divided atabout a central point, thus forming the roller into two sections, eachsection being journaled on an independent spindle ll. The adjacent endsof the two sections of the roller l() are spaced apart sufliciently toadmit the shank or handle of the mop, so that the mop may be passedbetween the rollers and drawn upward without the necessity of iirstpushing the mop downward between the rollers.

The mop containing the dirty water is introduced into the unoccupiedhalf of the pail, and the shank or handle of the mop is then movedlaterally between the ends of the rollersections until it strikesagainst the roller S. By now drawing the mop upward the dirty water iswrung therefrom and vdeposited in the bottom of the pail, the roller Syielding to allow the upward movement of the mop, but pressing withsuificient force against the same to remove the dirty water. Thisobviates the necessity of pushingthemop downward between the rollers andspilling the water on the floor.

It will be apparent that changes in the form, proportion, and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is v 1 1.The combination in a mop-wringer, of parallel rollers, one of saidrollers being formed in two sections independently journaled and havingtheir adjacent ends spaced IOO yadjacent ends spaced apart,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY AUGUST DECHENNE.

'Vtnesses:

E. WV. MILLER, J. W. BooKsTRUoK.

